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Heart rate deceleration during the grasping reflex

European Journal of Pediatrics volume 158, pages 576–577 (1999)Cite this article

Abstract

Heart rate changes were measured as a psychophysiological indicator during grasping reflex in 27 full-term healthy newborns at 2.5–50 h after birth. A significant heart rate deceleration accompanied the grasping response.

Conclusion Reflex grasping of a mother's hand, as a component of human attachment behaviour, may have a positive calming effect on the infant's state and could have therapeutic value for high risk mother-infant dyads.

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  1. Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis Medical University, H-1088, 4 Nagyvarad Square, Budapest, Hungary, e-mail: nagyeme@net.sote.hu, Tel.: +36-1-210-29-55, Fax: +36-1-210-29-55, HU

    E. Nagy

  2. Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Debrecen Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary, HU

    P. Molnar

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Received: 4 August 1998 / Accepted in revised form: 30 November 1998

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Nagy, E., Molnar, P. Heart rate deceleration during the grasping reflex. Eur J Pediatr 158, 576–577 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051150

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  • Key words Grasping reflex
  • Heart rate
  • Newborn